The recently reunited UK death metal band Cancer has been confirmed for Maryland Deathfest XII. Other confirmations for the 2014 edition of the extreme metal festival include Sacrifice, Nocturnus A.D., Crowbar, and Death Toll 80K from Finland.

Maryland Deathfest XII takes place in Baltimore, MD from May 22-25, 2014 exact venue to be determined.

Live footage featuring Canadian thrashers Sacrifice performing in Europe for the first time ever has been posted online. You can view the video below, which features the band performing its track "In Defiance."

Exclaim.ca has issued the following announcement about Canada's Sacrifice releasing an upcoming split with Propagandhi:

"Some more details have surfaced regarding the much-ballyhooed Propagandhi and Sacrifice split seven-inch. As we reported back in August, the record will contain Propagandhi's cover of Corrosion of Conformity's hardcore/metal crossover classic "Technocracy" and Sacrifice's take on "Anthem," Rush's classic piece of Canadian prog rock. Word has dropped that this little slice of punk/metal heaven now has a release date and the suitably awesome cover art has been unveiled.

"The record, which is limited to 1,000 copies, is due out December 10 through Winnipeg's War on Music Records. The label will be taking pre-orders on their website in a couple of weeks. For the time being, you can email them directly at waronmusicrecords@gmail.com to place a pre-order. The cover art, as seen here, pays awesome homage to iconic Rush and Corrosion of Conformity album covers, and was hand-drawn by Propagandhi bassist/vocalist Todd Kowalski."

Metallus Maximus has posted a series of photos online of Canadian thrashers Sacrifice performing at the The Opera House in Toronto. The tour date photographs can be viewed at this location. The show was in support of Sacrifice's latest album "The Ones I Condemn."

Toronto thrashers Sacrifice will be interviewed live on the November 15th edition of Hellbound Radio on INDI 101. All four members of the band will be present for the interview, which will air live in the greater Hamilton ON area at 9 PM Eastern on 101.5 FM. Those not in the area can also listen to the show online at this location.

Sacrifice will be talking about their career, their new album and their upcoming Toronto CD release show, which happens next Saturday, November 21st at The Opera House in Toronto with support groups E-Force, Maxmium Rnr, and Spewgore. This is the band's final performance of the year. Sacrifice released their first new album in sixteen years, entitled "The Ones I Condemn," earlier this summer on Brazil's Marquee Records. The album was released domestically in their native Canada through Sonic Unyon Records on October 27th.

Canadian thrashers Sacrifice have announced Propagandhi as the co-headliners at their Winnipeg show on November 7th at the Garrick Centre. Support will come from Evil Survives and Striker.

“It has been well documented that our music has been inspiring to Propagandhi," explains Sacrifice front man Rob Urbinati. “We didn’t think this would ever be possible, but we will be finally sharing the stage in Winnipeg. I urge every Sacrifice fan to check out their album 'Supporting Caste,' and especially the song 'A Banger’s Embrace,' detailing the experience of our reunion show in 2006.”

Sacrifice will also be performing at the Opera House in Toronto on November 21st. Both shows coincide with the Canadian release of “The Ones I Condemn," which is in stores early November on Sonic Unyon.

Canadian thrashers Sacrifice will release their first new album in more than fifteen years on October 27th via Sonic Unyon in Canada. Entitled "The Ones I Condemn," the album was recorded at Toronto's Rouge Valley Studios last winter by the band and Darius Szczepaniak. It features the original line up of the band: Rob Urbinati - vocals, guitar; Joe Rico - guitar; Scott Watts - bass; Gus Pynn - drums.

"Canada has always been great to Sacrifice," says guitarist Rob Urbinati about the agreement. "We are extremely happy to have Sonic Unyon behind us in our home country. Everyone at the label is as excited about the release of The Ones I Condemn as we are and we look forward to working together."

To celebrate the album's release in Canada, Sacrifice will be playing two special release shows. They will play Winnipeg's Garrick Centre on November 7th and Toronto's Opera House on November 21st.

"The Ones I Condemn" track listing is as follows:

1. We Will Prevail2. The Ones I Condemn3. Give Me Justice4. The Great Wall5. Tetragrammaton6. Atrocity7. Hiroshima8. The Devil's Martyr9. Ultimate Power Corrupts10. Desolation Alive11. Anthem

Canadian thrashers Sacrifice have issued the following update about upcoming tour dates:

"To commemorate the release of their first CD in 16 years ‘THE ONES I CONDEMN’ out on Marquee Records, (Their first with the original line up since 1991’s Soldiers Of Misfortune) Canadian Thrash Legends SACRIFICE will be performing two Canadian shows in November, their only live appearances of 2009.

"Sacrifice will take the stage on Saturday November 7 @ The Garrick in Winnipeg MB w/Evil Survives and Striker, and again on Saturday November 21st for a hometown show at The Opera House in Toronto ON w/guests TBA.

"Ticketing and Support information may be found by visiting the following websites: Winnipeg and Toronto."

Canadian thrash band Sacrifice has posted a new track online titled "Hiroshima," which is off their upcoming album "The Ones I Condemn" The track can be heard on the band's official MySpace page. "The Ones I Condemn" is currently slated to be released on July 1st through Marquee Records.

Sacrifice has issued the following update about the cover artwork for their new album:

"Our recording process was real, so we didn’t feel comfortable going too far into the digital realm for the cover. Our old friend Kurt Bachman from Believer got us in touch with Michael “Roz” Rosner, who does nothing but absolutely stunning work. Roz was into letting technology assist in creating art, not take over, and that is the same approach we take to music. Check out www.eyelevelstudio.com , Roz can make an image look beautiful, yet ugly; human yet inhuman, all awesome, unique imagery. The eye level studio team took our ideas and gave us a great cover.

"Marquee Records will be releasing the full album, and also a bonus edition with extra tracks and a slipcase."

The track listing for the album will be as follows:

1. We Will Prevail2. The Ones I Condemn3. Give Me Justice4. The Great Wall5. Tetragrammaton6. Atrocity7. Hiroshima8. The Devil's Martyr9. Ultimate Power Corrupts10. Desolation Alive

Canadian thrashers Sacrifice are currently streaming the new song "The Great Wall" online at their MySpace page. The track is from their upcoming album "Look for The Ones I Condemn," which does not have an official release date set yet but is slated for sometime in June.

Canadian thrash metal veterans Sacrifice has announced that they have finished work on their new studio album, "The Ones I Condemn." A message from the band reads as follows:

"We began in late December, and ended this week. Our final mix is now complete. Don’t be deceived by the three month time span, in reality we didn’t take much more studio time than we had in the past…it was just spread out a lot more. Everything went the way we planned and the final product exceeds the expectations that we came into the studio with. Thanks to everyone at Rouge Valley Studio, Gerry, Alex, Steve and lastly, Darius who helped us achieve our sonic visions, went in to this project with his heart and soul into it as much as ours. A great engineer to work with.

"Thank you to both Jed Simon (ZIMMERS HOLE, TENET, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, ARMOROS) for laying down a total whammy bar barrage, and our old Scarborough metal comrade Dave Hewson (SLAUGHTER, STRAPPADO) for lending some guest vocals to 'The Devils Martyr'.

"Like to wish PROPAGANDHI good luck on their tour for their newly released CD, Supporting Caste. We were all extremely shocked when we first heard “The Banger’s Embrace", a song about our reunion show in 2006 here in Toronto. What a tribute, thanks guys!!!"

Toronto, Ontario based thrash metal band Sacrifice has posted an audio preview of their forthcoming new studio album, "The Ones I Condemn." You can check it out below. The album will be released this Spring through Marquee Records and is the bands first album featuring the "classic" lineup in eighteen years. More...

Sacrifice vocalist/guitarist Rob Urbinati has posted the following message online:

"It has been a while since we've updated the blog!

"We are extremely excited to say we have booked studio time in December, to begin tracking our new album which we have titled The Ones I Condemn. Until then, we will be getting the songs as tight as possible, because we will be miking the drums without samples and without click tracks to sound human, and really feel the fury of the new tracks. We may post some demo stuff here soon.

"Our DVD artwork is being finalized and hopefully before 2008 is over you will see Live ReAnimation available on our website.

"This is the complete reunion show shot in Toronto, 2006, with some bonus material."

Believer vocalist/guitarist Kurt Bachman has posted the following update:

"Hi everyone. Please forgive my blogging absence. Everything is going great with the record. We just recorded some amazing guest guitar solos from Joe Rico (SACRIFICE) and Rocky Gray (EVANESCENCE, SOUL EMBRACED, LIVING SACRIFICE) with some other guests on the way (not too many though). We hope to also have some label info and a release date to you very soon, so stand-by...

"Thanks again to all of you who are talking this up and keeping the buzz alive. Also, thank you for your patience. We just want it to sound amazing when you finally hear it!"

"Finally back home from the Manitoba Metalfest, thanks to everyone who attended and helped us out during our stay. I don’t think we have seen stage diving on that scale since about 1989! We had a little bit of equipment malfunctions, but adrenaline carried us through that... we came to thrash, and obviously Winnipeg did too."

"With the amount of broken glass on the floor afterwards, it was amazing that no one ended up in emergency!" More...

Toronto metal icon Ray "Black Metal" Wallace has passed away after being in a coma following a brain aneurysm he suffered on November 15.

Ray managed SACRIFICE in the '80s/'90s and had close ties to Canadian metal legends ANVIL and RAZOR. He was also a local promoter, most recently organizing the original Rock 'N' Roll Heaven reunion party, and was working with Toronto's all-girl powerhouse SCARLET SINS.

Toronto music publicist Paula Danylevich, who had been a friend of Ray's for many years, has issued the following statement:

"It is with an extremely heavy heart and tears in my eyes that I deliver to all of Ray's friends the news we had all hoped we would never hear.

"At midnight tonight, Ray's mother, aunt and cousin, joined by nine of his friends including myself and the chaplin from Toronto Western Hospital held hands around Ray's bedside and prayed one last time for our friend and then said our final goodbyes. We popped the cork on a bottle of champagne and raised a glass to Ray in the waiting room as they prepared him for his journey.

"At 12:15am today Ray was taken to the operating room so that he could give the gift of life to MANY people. His organs will save many lives, something we know Ray would have wanted. He was the most selfless, giving person I have ever met.

"Arrangements for Ray's funeral will be announced shortly. Anyone wishing to donate to Ray's family in their time of need can find information on the 'Donations' thread on the 'ALL RIGHT THERE BLACK METAL' Facebook page or by emailing me directly at gr8pr@aol.com.

"For those of you who were unaware, Ray was the only person supporting his family and had recently moved home to take care of his mother and brother. His father, who suffered a stroke some time ago, has been in a nursing home since last year, and Ray was covering the expenses for this as well. Any donation amount will be so gladly appreciated by the Wallace family.

"I would like to extend my personal thanks to the 80+ friends who visited Ray over the past few days to support his family and to say their goodbyes. Ray's mother was comforted by the fact he had so many good friends.

"I would also like to personally thank the hospital staff in the ICU at Toronto Western Hospital, who were so supportive and flexible with the needs of his family and friends. The nursing staff were also amazed by the number of friends who supported his family. When his attending nurse asked me yesterday if Ray was a rock star, I just looked at him and smiled.

"God bless Raymond 'Black Metal' Wallace. He was one of a kind. He'll no doubt be running Heaven in no time! My heart is with all of you at this sad time."